[NU Sports] a thought

[johnadeg at comcast.net]

I guess what bothers me is watching the tackling or rather lack thereof.  Fitz was a whiz at it and you would think that he could teach that.  Watching Penn State, when they tackle someone they go down, not so with NU.

John DeGroat
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From: "Roy Lamberton" <rstetson at capps-assoc.com>
> Even Randy Walker's early spread team ran the ball well.
> 
> The Cats had a fairly long string of 1,000+ rushers during his tenure, several
> are still running around in the NFL.
> 
> There's some kind of a disconnect with that style of offense - maybe it's the
> O-line - maybe its that our honored opponents in the Big 10 have figured out how
> to stop NU's running game. I know that I'd certainly spy a back like Sutton but
> I might have been distracted by Kustok and Baz in earlier years.
> 
> My kids always want to know what play I'm going to run first in a game. Its
> almost always a 31 or 32 dive - its gets the entire line hitting.
> 
> If I was the coach, I'd sure look more closely at my game plan. NU always was
> 50-50 run-pass. While Ross Lane mentioned that in a recent interview, the Cats
> are nowhere near that ratio this year.
> 
> rsl
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> > From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> > Behalf Of Brad Wilson
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:13 AM
> > To: nu list
> > Subject: [NU Sports] a thought
> > 
> > I have been listening to WGN's archive of the great
> > games  of the 2000-2005 era to buck myself up after
> > the last two  debacles, and one things stands out:
> > 
> > The great NU teams ran the ball. Ran it on Wisconsin,
> > ran it on Michigan, ran it on Ohio State. Ran it down
> > their throats.
> > 
> > Sure, Zac and Brett were great QBs and they had
> > terrific receivers when they did. But that success
> > came from the ground game.
> > 
> > It seems to me that McGhee has it backward: pass then
> > run. It needs to be the reverse. I don't know about
> > Conteh, but Roberson seems like a solid back.
> > Obviously, Sutton's return would really help, but even
> > without him, NU has to run the ball better.
> > 
> > This NU team has no prayer of moving the ball in the
> > Big Ten on those little passes into the flat. NU has
> > to run the ball: it keeps the defense off the field
> > (good), sets up the screens and dinky passes and sets
> > the tempo.
> > 
> > I really think it's just about that simple: run the
> > damned ball. Spend this week having the OL work on the
> > run and pound the ball at Michigan.
> > 
> > The great wins of the past came from DA, DA2, Wright,
> > Herron, Sutton grinding the ball out. Let's get back
> > to that.
> > 
> > bw
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > nothing." -- Camille Pissaro
> > 
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> > 
> > 
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